Homeland Security Warns Vermont Same-Sex Couple: You're Not Legally Married<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis is why we need same-sex marriage rights on the federal level. This is just disgraceful. You'd think with all those dangerous medical marijuana dealers Homeland Security is hunting down, they'd be…\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well, in some ways it should be, or a personal religious commitment, or something like that. 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Paganism is rising! Hide the children, Ma!","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 27-Jan-12 9:40am","format":false,"excerpt":"Newt keeps trolling for the evangelical vote, this time by labeling same-sex marriage as \"perfectly natural pagan behaviors\" but \"a fundamental violation of our civilization\". 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